author(s)
Aayush Yadav, GP Lakhani, Biswajit Roy, Sudipta Ghosh, Bhavna Aharwal and Jyotimala Sahu

abstract
The study was conducted at Livestock farm, Adhartal, College of Veterinary Science & A.H., NDVSU, Jabalpur (M.P.) and aimed to investigate the effect of soybean oil supplementation on the economics of milk production in lactating Murrah buffaloes. Twelve advance pregnant Murrah buffaloes were selected 21 days pre-partum and randomly divided in 2 groups of 6 each; CON as control and SBO as soybean oil supplemented @ 200 ml/animal/day upto 90 days post-partum. The economics of milk production was calculated on the basis of 6% FCM yield. Results revealed reduced feed cost per kg 6% FCM yield and higher net returns of Rs. 62.83/animal/day in SBO as compared to CON. The additional benefit is due to the significant improvement in average daily milk yield, milk fat content and 6% FCM yield in SBO as compared to CON. This study affirms that SBO provide more economic returns to the dairy farm.